US 12,069,036 B2
Encrypted shared state for electronic conferencing
Daniel B. Pollack, Cupertino, CA (US); Jingyao Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, Santa Clara, CA (US); Emad Omara, Cupertino, CA (US); Yilmaz Can Cecen, Cupertino, CA (US); Angus N. Burton, San Mateo, CA (US); and Blerim Cici, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,152, filed on May 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368685 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/065 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
encrypting, by a first participant device using a first encryption key, user communications data for a group communications session;
providing the encrypted user communications data from the first participant device to a second participant device during the group communications session;
accessing, from an application running on the first participant device, shared state data for a shared experience session of the group communications session;
encrypting, by the first participant device and using a second encryption key different from the first encryption key, the accessed shared state data, wherein the second encryption key is derived using information corresponding to the shared experience session; and
providing the encrypted shared state data from the first participant device to the second participant device.